consolidations
Acts of unifying
Consolidations is the plural of consolidation, the act of combining separate things into a unified whole.
Business consolidations merge companies or departments.
Debt consolidations combine multiple loans into one.
The word suggests strengthening through unification: The consolidations left three major players controlling the industry.
In medicine, lung consolidation refers to tissue becoming solid rather than airy.
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- takeoversGaining control of companies
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- buyoutsPurchases of entire companies
integration · synergies · divestitures · conglomerates · holding companies · vertical integration · market concentration · antitrust
Merging into one entity
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- territorialDefensive about owned space
sovereignty · statehood · integration · empire building · nation-building · provinces · regions · governance
Of a unit within organization
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
centralization · redundancies · rationalization · workforce reduction · cost-cutting · operational · administrative · bureaucratic
Reducing volume through pressure
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- solidificationTransition to firm state
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
packing · hardening · firmness · cohesion · strengthening · stabilization · foundation · soil compaction
Renegotiating borrower payment terms
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
interest rates · lenders · creditors · principal · amortization · cash flow · leverage · solvency
mergers
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- takeoversGaining control of companies
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
buyouts · integration · synergies · divestitures · conglomerates · holding companies · vertical integration · market concentration · antitrust · monopolies
unification
Merging into one entity
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
territorial · sovereignty · statehood · integration · empire building · nation-building · provinces · regions · governance · administrative
departmental
Of a unit within organization
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- efficiencyProductive without waste
restructuring · centralization · redundancies · rationalization · workforce reduction · cost-cutting · operational · administrative · bureaucratic · hierarchical
compaction
Reducing volume through pressure
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- solidificationTransition to firm state
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
settling · packing · hardening · firmness · cohesion · strengthening · stabilization · foundation · soil compaction · subsidence
debt restructuring
Renegotiating borrower payment terms
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
repayment · interest rates · lenders · creditors · principal · amortization · cash flow · leverage · solvency · bond issues
- accountingbookkeeping, ledger, balance sheet, general ledger, accounts payable
- legislationbills, acts, laws, statutes, bill
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
consolidationsfragmentations
Acts of breaking apart
dispersals · breakups · dissolutions · divisions · separations
consolidationsdestabilizations
Acts of undermining steadiness
weakenings · unravelings · collapses · erosions · deteriorations
consolidationsproliferations
Rapid increases in quantity
multiplications · expansions · spin-offs · divestitures · carve-outs
- debt consolidationCombining multiple balances owed
- loan consolidationMerging multiple debts together
- consolidation loanSingle borrowing replacing multiple
- power consolidationConcentrating authority in one place
- debt consolidation loanCredit to merge outstanding balances
- corporate consolidationMerging of business entities